2008 Transformation Contest

Into every life a little rain must pour.

I really don’t even know where to begin. It has been a very stressful past couple of days.  One in which I have had two tire blow outs, been stranded on the road with all three kids twice, once sideways in a ditch, standing in a rainstorm.  I seriously feel like I faced death today.  lol  Yes, I can be a little bit dramatic.  (Keep in mind that Jeeps are filled with written warnings…RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY AND/OR DEATH MAY OCCUR…DO NOT EXPECT JEEP DOORS OR ROOF TO KEEP YOU IN SAFETY.)  It started with Saturday.  My husband got a flat tire on my Jeep while I was working.  Instead of replacing it, he patched it, which the guys at the tire place seemed to think was a fine idea.  Driving the girls to school Monday, the tire blew out, sidewalls and everything.  It wasn’t too cold, and it only took about a 40 minute wait before the tire guy came and put the spare on.  Since the tire was now GONE, they ordered us a tire replacement, telling us to bring it in the next morning.  On my way there today, the SPARE blew.  This time on a busy stretch country highway, in the pouring down rain, on a hill with very low visibility.  I had my three precious packages with me (kids not protein).  Even though I had my hazards on, I could very well imagine us getting rammed from behind.  The problem  now being that I was scraping metal and had NOWHERE to pull off to.  The side of the road being a deep gulley.  I thought, "HELL IT"S A JEEP…I’LL JUST PULL US DOWN THERE TO SAFETY."  Realizing there was a slight danger of tipping at that odd angle I had to make the kids get out in the pouring rain and lightening while I attempted to get us off the road.  Of course it was worse than I thought, since there was NO REAR TIRE to help navigate.  I did end up sideways, with just enough room for the girls to come stand and get out of the rain.  However, it was scaring the dickens out of me as I could see the thing rolling the rest of the way on top of them.  SO we all got out and stood in the rain like a bunch of desperados, praying that lightening wouldn’t hit us.  A nice, older lady stopped and took us to town soon enough.  We headed to my library to get warm and make a few calls.  Long story longer, everything you can imagine went wrong, including a 3 hour wait to get my Jeep towed and back, (too many details to share), and a case of STOLEN IDENTITY.  Went to pay with the debit/credit card…the amount coming to over $600 for what amounted to 3 road side service calls in three days, one tow, one (faulty) patch, and a new rear tire.  THE CARD WAS DENIED.  Not for insufficient funds, but because someone stole our number and had been attempting to use it 7 times!  The bank had put a halt on the card.  Another hour long wait, sitting in a filthy dank service station.  The bank finally cleared us and I got the heck out of there!  Missed my workout.  Came home and had 7 SCOOPS OF BANANA WHEY to make myself feel better.  lol  MENTAL STRESS TAKES FAR MORE OUT OF YOU THAN PHYSICAL STRESS!!!!!  Took a 2 hour nap, woke up, ate 9 EGGS!!!!  Holy heck, must have needed some iron!  Now my boss had said earlier with the roads being icy that I didn’t have to come in to night unless I wanted to.  Remember, I am driving around with NO HEAT.  That’s ok.  I’ve decided I AM ROCKY BALBOA training in Siberia.    I am not one to call out of work.  Actually, I never have before in my life.  But my boss opened that doorway and I walked through it. Decided I would rather have a WORK-OUT to work off some of today’s STRESS!  SO glad I did!  Only 15 minutes on the stairmill, but I wore my vest and got a good sweat.  Worked my tris..just didn’t feel like writing things down tonight.  Trained INTUITIVELY the way I LIKE IT.  Ahhhhhhh….I feel so much better now.  Made this video clip over a month ago.  I can definitely see a difference in my body between then and now.  Never realized just how THICK I was.  lol  That’s all right.  Many shapes and sizes makes for a WELL ROUNDED WORLD.  PS….I USED NINJA BILL’S M&F PIC for inspiration today!  Get your minds out of the gutter now.  It got my heart rate up all right…..but that’s because I was walking stairs.  Have a great night…and if you made it to the bottom of this page,…well then, God bless ya!